Show Notes

An interview with Liz Story who shares her journey of reunion with her birth mother, her gift of a kidney (!) to her maternal aunt, and her hesitation to connect with her birth father and how Twitter led Liz to explore an entirely new definition of what it means to be adopted.

Show Notes

Topics We Discussed

Birth mother did not tell birth father she was pregnant

A desire to find her birth mother from a very young age

Finding her non-identifying information in her parents' safe!

Had a happy childhood, yet still didn’t quite feel she belonged

One brother, also adopted

Adoptive parents had multiple miscarriages - reason to adopt

Searching at age 18, social worker refused to allow Liz to apply for her records until she had completed multiple hours of counselling among other hoops

Having her daughter prompted Liz to search for her birthmother again

Open record legislation: Liz obtains her original birth certificate and her court paperwork

Adoptees On

The podcast where adoptees discuss the adoption experience. Adult adoptees share stories of search, reunion, and secondary rejection. Adoptees On also curates recommended resources to encourage and educate the adoption community about adoptee issues.